Can someone please give the golf Channel a lesson in language. And why it matters. Just received their daily email, and two things in there are "off."

They say Bryson and Brooks have a "feud." Feud???? That's just banter back and forth. Good natured ribbing. Definitely not a feud. Cameron Smith-Patrick Reed...that's a feud.

And they call putting with the flag stick in "one of the biggest controversies of 2019." Again, not a controversy. A discussion, a debate, a thought provoking option that boils down to personal preference, but not a controversy.

FABB has been referred to as the Seve of the Maryland Cup on multiple occasions, does that count? I think you are significantly underestimating the value here. Especially since he is also reigning champ.

Kingsbarns had the "rakes" that are the whisk style, but they didn't have those teeth like this one has. The caddies said they are great. The sand in Scotland is infinitely better and more powdery than any sand I've played on in the states, so maybe that helps.

I don't think of golf as a team sport and something about appearance fees doesn't sit well with me

The top golfers have already amassed generational wealth so I don't see a little more money being something that influences them much. The mid-level guys, sure

The only thing about pro golf that seems off is that there are really only about 10 events each year that the top players absolutely don't want to miss. The rest are seen as tune up events or schedule fillers or opportunities to take their family on a vacation. There are so many tournaments to choose from that the top guys often aren't all playing the same events. DJ, Brooks, JT are all out this week for example

This new tour won't work but I'm always open to the PGA Tour making changes. The FedEx Cup has been a relative success so far I think

Its definitely interesting. I really don't care what tour runs an event, PGA Tour, European Tour, the new World Golf Tour. Give me good golf, on good courses, at the best hours available for my personal tv viewing and I'm in. If this leads to more of that, good, lets get it started.

For the record, I'd play golf with Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Timothy McVeigh on a course built on [choose your offensive sacred land] for probably 1/10th of what they paid Phil to play in Saudi Arabia. I'm not hating.

Maybe it's finally taking hold. It was a novel idea when he presented it, and the guys at the time didn't want to rock the boat or bite the hand that fed them. Then along comes Tiger. And more money. And 20 years later, a generation of golfers that grew up with this idea of an elite tour where you could make your year's worth of money in fewer events. Maybe the "kids" are looking to take them up on the idea.

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